We just decided recently on a venue and date, and the next big thing I want to lock down is a photographer. I've sent out a slew of inquiries, but I'm interested to hear about personal experiences.
We want....
-a primarily photojournalistic style
-an engagement session
-an album
-a disc of the proofs
...for under 3,000 if possible. We've loved some that we've looked at, but some packages that include the above get pretty steep (close to 4,000 and up).
By word of mouth, we learned about Jeff Frandsen, (
http://www.jefffrandsen.com/) who has worked with Brooke Courtney (
http://www.brookecourtney.com/) but his prices are more affordable. We're also looking into Andy Kristian, Jason Eby, and Daniel Mast (used to work as part of the Jeremy Hess team, not sure what his prices are yet). Any input on these or others?